Chinatown girl /
Ng, Eva Wong, 1934-
Chinatown girl / Eva Wong Ng. - 203 pages ; 20 cm - My New Zealand story. . - My New Zealand story. .
Novel for children.
"Set in 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand, in an area of the city known as Chinatown, where the descendants of the Chinese miners and market gardeners gathered together to maintain their culture and provide a sense of community. New Zealand is at war when Silvey starts her diary, but for Silvey this is just a backdrop to the main issues of her world - the closure of her school and the arrival of Chinese-American soldiers"--Publisher information.
9781775435778 1775435776 1869436598 9781869436599 9781869436599 1869436598
167272
School closings--Children's fiction.
Chinese Americans--Children's fiction.
Chinese--New Zealand--Children's fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--New Zealand--Children's fiction.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Diary fiction.
NZ823.2
Chinatown girl / Eva Wong Ng. - 203 pages ; 20 cm - My New Zealand story. . - My New Zealand story. .
Novel for children.
"Set in 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand, in an area of the city known as Chinatown, where the descendants of the Chinese miners and market gardeners gathered together to maintain their culture and provide a sense of community. New Zealand is at war when Silvey starts her diary, but for Silvey this is just a backdrop to the main issues of her world - the closure of her school and the arrival of Chinese-American soldiers"--Publisher information.
9781775435778 1775435776 1869436598 9781869436599 9781869436599 1869436598
167272
School closings--Children's fiction.
Chinese Americans--Children's fiction.
Chinese--New Zealand--Children's fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--New Zealand--Children's fiction.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Diary fiction.
NZ823.2